KJV ORIGINAL
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
And God remembered Noah, and every living creature, and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. So God sent a wind across the earth, and the floodwaters began to go down.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God remembered Noah and all the animals in the ark, so He sent wind to make the floodwaters start going down.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes after the great flood that God sent to judge the wickedness on earth, sparing only Noah's family and pairs of every kind of animal. The flood had covered the entire earth for many months, and Noah and his family had been living in the ark waiting for God's deliverance. This marks the beginning of God's process of restoring the earth after His judgment.
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